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Meanings of anguished in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tortured"
Examples for "tortured"
1
IRAQ: An honest man is arrested, tortured and imprisoned for many years.
2
Another official was tortured and murdered days before the Aug. 8 vote.
3
Political parties are banned and activists are regularly arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
4
Sierra told me everything that happened, including the way Renford tortured you.
5
Arar says he was imprisoned in Syria for a year and tortured.
1
Young adult Americans, particularly graduates, are tormented by that unspeakable tyrant: success.
2
For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented.
3
Memories of the famine of the siege of '70 tormented the imagination.
4
He had seen him being tormented by something ever since leaving England.
5
The thought of Delia arrested-refusedbail-ina police cell-orin prison-tormented him.
Usage of anguished in English
1
However anguished they were, these posts often went unliked and uncommented on.
2
If Smythe was too anguished to speak, what good would it do?
3
The latter paused at sight of the white face and anguished eyes.
4
Won't she even speak to me? he cried out, his voice anguished.
5
The child glanced back at the festive lights with an anguished hesitation.
6
For the anguished screaming had recommenced, and the child wanted his mother.
7
But at its ravages among his friends he wailed in anguished abandonment.
8
He stood perfectly motionless till the anguished sobbing goaded him beyond endurance.
9
He felt at home now and his voice became pleading and anguished.
10
But deciding what those are can be a matter of anguished contention.
11
His gaze was focused exclusively on Michael, and his expression was anguished.
12
As he neared her sitting room, he heard a loud, anguished moan.
13
A wind of screams and anguished moans blew out into the room.
14
There's a lot of very anguished souls back there in the beyond.
15
In the front row, Mrs. Hotchkiss gave a loud and anguished wail.
16
Mrs. Bathurst watched her anguished distress with a species of bitter satisfaction.
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Anguished across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common